What are the characteristics of a preoperational child?

What will be an ideal response?


Children are self-centered and egocentric; animistic thinking, irreversibility, and centration are all present.

Psychology

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According to the self-teaching mechanism, after a few successful experiences in decoding a new word, children are __________.

A. able to retrieve the word immediately from memory B. able to decode it more carefully on the next try C. not able yet to retrieve the word immediately from memory D. able to read almost any word, even words with unpredictable pronunciations such as through and though

Psychology

The ‘start eating' center in the hypothalamus is the ____. The ‘stop eating' center is the ____.

A. hyperphagia; hypophagia B. lateral hypothalamus; ventromedial hypothalamus C. CCK, stomach D. lateral hypothalamus; anterior hyperphagia

Psychology

The two pituitary hormones that produce gonadotropins, which stimulate the ovaries, are

A) follicle-stimulating hormone and prolactin. B) gonadotropin releasing hormones. C) prolactin and oxytocin. D) follicle-stimulating hormone and luteinizing hormone.

Psychology

Sally and James are both 4yearsold, and each is well-coordinated. From this, neurologically, we can surmise that the _________________ of the neurons that link the cerebral cortex to the ___________ has progressed normatively.

A. myelination, cerebellum B. cerebellum, cerebral cortex C. cerebellum, parietal cortex D. cerebral cortex, myelination

Psychology